<p>Hard to talk about costs without knowing what your family financial situation is, and what level of need-based financial aid you might qualify for. If you’re going to be full-pay but are still worried about scraping up $50K/year to attend a top private school, you might consider some out-of-state publics with good engineering programs. Wisconsin’s OOS tuition is only about $22,000, a deep discount from private school tuition. Minnesota is even cheaper, at about $15,000. These are both Top 25 engineering programs.</p>